OpenShot free video editor for Linux

OpenShot

One of the things that Linux users are most passionate about is that we have at our disposal a great list of free software of all categories and various utilities.

In today's article, I am going to introduce you a totally free video editing program and available directly from Ubuntu repositories; OpenShot It is the name that will remain engraved in your memory.

In operating systems like Windows, if you want a good video editor, or you have to pay for it, or you have to download a program cracked and hackedHowever on Linux, we don't know the word "Hacking", since we have everything we need for free and license free.

This is the case of OpenShot, A fantastic video editor that puts at our disposal all the necessary power to make professional creations.

To install it, we just have to open a new terminal and type sudo apt-get install openshot:

Installing OpenShot

We will place our password and we will confirm the file download by typing the letter S:

Installing OpenShot

Once the installation is finished, we can find the program in the Ubuntu, in the section of Sound and video.

OpenShot main features

Su easy and intuitive handling is the best feature that the program has, in just a few minutes you will have taken the control of the application.

By simply selecting the image or video lesson y drag it to the timeline This will be available for editing and manipulation, in which we can remove or adjust the volume of the audio, add transitions and video and audio effects, all as if we were true professionals in the editing and manipulation of videos and images.

OpenShot screen

Once our project is finished and displayed on the screen of preview of the application to check that everything is as it should be, we will have the option to save the project in a format compatible with OpenShot, in video format, or even in xml.

Undoubtedly a video editing program, which despite being for free, it has nothing to envy to other programs similar and paid.

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  1.   Socratez II said

    I have used the Kdenlive it seems excellent! When I have time I will use the Openshot to see its differences. 

  2.   Francisco said

    I really like kdenlive, more than openshoot which is very unstable, let's hope they fix this and stop closing the program just among other niceties 😀